Great Britain from Bygone Books

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cassandra Austen. From the Reign of Henry the 4th to the Death of Charles the 1st, by a partial, prejudiced, & ignorant historian. 2nd printing, 8vo, blue boards, xii, 34, transcript pages, illustrated with color facsimiles. Introduction by A.S. Byatt. A Note on the text by Deirdre Le… Read more about this item

London: Robert Hale, 1992. Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st published in 1984, 1st paperback ed. 1992, this is the 1997 reprint. 8vo, illustrated wraps, 276 pages, family genealogies, map, index. Condition: NEAR FINE: book is nearly new, just a tad of shelfwear, appears unread. The ever-interesting life of Jane Austen and her family.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Muirhead Bone. 3rd impression (1948, first published in September of 1948), INSCRIBED by the author on the dedication page, small 4to, blue cloth, 173 pages, 24 b/w illustrations by Sir Muirhead Bone (the author's brother). Inscription reads: "And to my good friend [ ? indecipherable ] of Fleet Street,… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First American edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Muirhead Bone. 1st American edition, small 4to, charcoal cloth with gilt titles on spine, top edge gilt, 195 pages, 16 b/w plates illustrated by Muirhead Bone (the author's brother). Condition is VERY GOOD- / no jacket: spine is lightly sunned, a few faint marks to… Read more about this item

New York: E P Dutton Inc, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 1st edition (stated, number line), 8vo, pale rust boards with beige cloth backstrip, 210 pages. Condition is VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD + jacket: a few faint spots to top page edge, small scrape on front board; jacket has minor edgewear, price-clipped. A fictionalized account… Read more about this item

New York / London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1932. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 1st edition (First Published - March, 1932 on copyright page). 8vo, green cloth with gilt illustrations and lettering, 379 pages, color map endpapers of England and Wales, illustrated with nearly 300 original photographs. Condition: VERY GOOD- / no jacket: some rubbing to extremities, back board… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1982. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rev. ed. of 1982, original edition published in 1934. 8vo, softbound, 468 pages, maps, b/w illustrations and drawings, index. Condition: VERY GOOD with light soiling to covers, sunning to top edge of front cover and spine, internally clean and tight. This study… Read more about this item

London: Duckworth, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+/Very Good. 1st edition [First published in 1972], 8o, olive green cloth, 336 pages, b/w decorative headpieces to each chapter, b/w plates of photographs and illustrations throughout, booklist, index. Condition: VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD jacket: book has slight rubbing to edges and corners; jacket has light edgewear along top… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+. Folio Miniatures. 1st edition [First published in 1975], 12mo, pictorial boards, 48 pages, b/w illustrations and color plates. Condition: VERY GOOD+ with a small dink to bottom edge of front cover, the coating on the paper is pulling away in a few places in the spine gutter (but… Read more about this item

New York: Archer House, 1963. First American edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG-. 1st American edition (first published in Britain in 1956); foreword by the Marquess of Salisbury. 8vo, light blue boards, 184 pages, 8 b/w plates, biographical index to diary entries. Condition: VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD- jacket: book has little wear, an owner label on fep; jacket… Read more about this item

Winchester, UK: Warren & Son, 1881. Soft cover. G+. No date, but list of Winchester Mayors goes to 1881, Dean John Bramston was in office 1872-1883, and list of modern improvements goes to 1881, so likely this Guide is from 1881. 12mo, illustrated paper wraps, 102 pages, b/w engravings throughout, 5 fold-outs (map, Cathedral plan, larger illustrations). Condition:… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: Penn Publishing, 1917. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st edition [same date] in original glassine wrapper and box. 8vo, navy blue cloth with color illustration and gilt titles, 347 pages, color frontispiece (same illus on the slipcase), map, b/w photographs throughout. Condition: NEAR FINE book (a slight bump to spine tail); glassine wrapper is torn… Read more about this item

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Yale Publications in the History of Art, 38. 1st edition (number line]. Small 4to, olive green cloth, 337 pages, bibliographical notes, index, b/w illustrations throughout, 10 color plates. Condition is VERY GOOD book / VERY GOOD jacket: slight sunning to board edges, faint spotting to page… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran, 1924. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1st edition [GHD symbol under copyright date], 8vo, purple cloth with gilt illustration and titles, 434 pages, illustrated with b/w photographs throughout, index. Condition is VERY GOOD / no jacket: spine is lightly sunned, internally clean and tight, one flaw: there is a 1" tear… Read more about this item

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st edition [no additional printings noted], 8vo, gray cloth, 585 pages, chronological table, bibliographical note, index. Condition: VERY GOOD book / VERY GOOD jacket: light rubbing to book edges, faint spotting to pages edges; jacket has light edgewear, one small chip to rear panel.… Read more about this item

Norwich, UK: Railway Development Society / Jarrold and Sons,, 1987. Soft cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Foreword by James Towler, introduction by the Editors, Philip Ralph and Mike Crowhurst; essays by various authors. 8vo, stiff wraps, 80 pages, illustrated with b/w photographs, maps and drawings. Condition: NEAR FINE: appears unread, tiny crease to front lower corner of cover. … Read more about this item

Newton Abbot, Devon, UK: Redwood Burn / David & Charles, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. Large ordnance survey map, cartographical notes by Dr. J. B. Harley, 1970. 2nd impression 1979. Condition: VERY GOOD map in a VERY GOOD envelope: map is in nice condition excepting a few small red and blue penned lines under town names, a few… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: L. C. Page & Company, 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. With sixteen illustrations in color, reproduced from original paintings by eminent British artists, and forty-eight duogravures from English photographs; also indexed maps covering routes. 8vo, illustrated boards with gilt titles, top edge gilt, deckle edges, 402 pages, many illustrations as noted (all present and… Read more about this item

London: Ernest Benn, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. 8th ed. (first published in 1924), 16mo, blue cloth, blue top page edge, 269 pages, [8] blank pages for notes, London underground railways map on rear eps, "Sights of London" with admission hours on fep, many maps throughout including the a pull-out iconic tube map, ribbon bookmark. Condition: VERY GOOD… Read more about this item

Aylesbury, UK: Shire Publications, 1975. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 2nd edition [1975], 16mo, stiff card wraps, 48 pages, b/w text illustrations, b/w photographs, index. No. 29 in the Shire "Discovering" series, first published in 1968. Condition is VERY GOOD+ with little wear.